Wolf calls for special Benghazi committee

11/13/12 3:29 PM EST

A senior House Republican is calling for a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks, echoing similar demands from Senate Republicans in recent days.

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) wrote in a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that a special panel be established "immediately."

Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire made a similar demand earlier this month, but congressional scrutiny has grown exponentially since the disclosure of former CIA Director David Petraeus's affair and his subsequent resignation from the agency. Petraeus had been scheduled to testify on the Benghazi attacks this week.

"The revelations surrounding the FBI's investigation of CIA Director Petraeus raise even more questions, especially given the CIA's central role in the Benghazi attack," Wolf wrote in the letter to Boehner.

Wolf said a select committee should include leaders of the Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Judiciary, and Oversight committees. That would streamline the multiple congressional investigations that are currently ongoing, Wolf said.

"Too many questions remain surrounding the Benghazi attack and response, and the questions seem to grow by the day," Wolf wrote. "The Congress has a responsibility to the families of the victims of this terrorist attack, and the American people, to fully investigate this tragedy."